From f24886faaeaba9c537db89cc78b0028df8b1e937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron <e107inc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 09:09:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for {NEWS_CATEGORY_NAME} etc. used in news ['start']
 template.

---
 e107_handlers/news_class.php | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/e107_handlers/news_class.php b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
index 94d9c2a29..19419220d 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/news_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/news_class.php
@@ -712,7 +712,15 @@ class e_news_tree extends e_front_tree_model
 
 		if(!empty($items))
 		{
-			$start = $parser->parseTemplate($template['start'], true, $vars); // must be here in case {SETIMAGE} is present and used for items below.
+
+			foreach ($items as $news)
+			{
+				$d = $news->toArray();
+				$batch->setScVar('news_item',$d); // set news category.
+				break;
+			}
+
+			$start = $parser->parseTemplate($template['start'], true,$batch,$vars); // must be here in case {SETIMAGE} is present and used for items below.
 		}